St. Ethelred of Bardney, King and Monk

4 May

Died 716. Ethelred, king of Mercia, abdicated to become a monk at
Bardney, where he was later elected abbot
(Benedictines).
Saint
Ethelred is depicted as an abbot with royal regalia at his feet. He is
venerated at Leominster
(Roeder1955).